For a criminal investigation, we would seek judicial authorization, although there are authorities under the RCMP Act that would allow us to actually use the technology, use the actual tools, but we would use that on a case-by-case basis. Superintendent Gagné's team looks at a threshold and a framework, and there's consultation with our professional responsibility office and the investigators doing that code of conduct investigation.
On February 6th, 2024. See this statement in context.